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03/07/2025: Children In Police Custody
Miranda Bevan, King’s College London, guest blogs on new research from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Police Custody.
01/07/2025: Parental leave and pay for new parents to be reviewed
The amount of time off and pay new parents can get after the birth of a child will be looked at in a “landmark” review, the government says.
01/07/2025: Youth voices ‘critical’ to £5m employment plan
A new youth forum is being set up in a county where data shows economic inactivity among young people is at a record high.
30/06/2025: Group helps young people get into fishing industry
A new Devon community interest company (CIC) is hoping to help with the future of the fishing industry by bringing in new recruits.
30/06/2025: Childminder decline shows no sign of slowing down
The long-term decline in childminders has continued over the past year, latest Ofsted figures reveal.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
30/06/2025: ‘Family breakdown’ behind 25% rise in young rough sleepers
The number of young people sleeping rough in London has soared by 25% in the last year and by nearly 70% in five years, according to official data.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
27/06/2025: Childcare leaders warn over impact of delays in EHCP assessments
Delays in councils assessing young children for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is resulting in childcare settings not being able to put suitable interventions in place, say sector leaders.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
27/06/2025: ‘I don’t think my brain should have gone through that’: five young people on their experience of smartphones as teens
What do people who got – and one who didn’t get – internet-connected phones in their adolescence actually think about the impact they had on them?
27/06/2025: Black children arrested in London ‘15% more likely to be criminalised’ than white children
Report finds black offenders less likely to receive mentoring to help them avoid getting criminal record at early age
27/06/2025: Ofcom Enforces Mandatory Age Checks on Pornography Sites
Ofcom have just announced that, from 25 July 2025, all pornography sites and apps accessed in the UK must implement effective age checks to protect children from adult content.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
26/06/2025: Child Q: Teenagers ask ‘could this happen to me?’
It’s more than four years since a 15-year-old girl, identified only as Child Q, was strip-searched by police officers at her school in Hackney, east London, after teachers wrongly accused her of carrying cannabis.
26/06/2025: ‘I’ve been fighting for so long’: More than half of special needs plans delayed
Children and young people with special educational needs are facing longer waits for support plans with fewer than half issued on time last year, according to new government data.